C.P.R. station in Sudbury, 1884. From Pioneering on the C.P.R. by Florence Howey. (Canadian Transport Sourcebook)

Biscotasing was humming in the late 19th century. But the combination of money and liquor was combustible — and in 1885, it exploded into the Whiskeyville riot

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